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Abuse in The Bluest middle   The Bluest Eye by Toni Morri male child, is about an el still year old girl, Pecola, who is abused by almost everyone in her life.  Every day she encounters racism, not just from the sinlessness people, but also from the Afri laughingstock American people. In her eye, her skin is in addition dark, and the color of her skin makes her inferior to everyone else. The color of her skin makes her think that she is ugly. She feels that she can everyplacecome this if she can get blue eyes. Pecola thinks that if she can be a bid(p) the blue eyed Shirley Temple, everyone will love her. Pecola wishes to have blue eyes because she feels they will make her loved and accepted by the people in her life.   Pecola is abused almost by everyone in her life. One day, she goes to Geraldines house. Geraldine is a middle class African American woman. Junior, Geraldines son, harasses Pecola by throwing his cat around and eventually kills it. When Geraldin e walks in, she says, masturbate out. You nasty little black bitch. Get out of my house(93). Geraldine thinks that her son does not kill the cat. She trust him more than Pecola. Pecola thinks that Geraldine called  her nasty because of her appearance, dark skin. Also, calling an eleven year old girl a bitch is like killing committee a crime. A little girl does not really know what that word means, but she know its horrible.  Being called a black beach, by an African American person hurts even more than being called by a white person because they argon the similar race.  They go through the same types of things because of their skin color. They are believe to support each other. This makes Pecola feel more ashamed of herself and want to commute her appearance to be accepted and trusted by Geraldines .   Her family treated her the same way. Pecolas dad raped her. Mrs. Breedlove, her mother, did not pay attention to her. One day, Pecola decides to reproof her mom at work. Mrs. Breedlove was a nanny for this white girl. Pecola accidentally knocks over a blueberry pie. Mrs. Breedlove says, Crazy fool... my floor, mess... odour what you... work...get on out. Hush, baby, hush. Come her. Oh, lord, look at your dress.